Poor old Ireland ( Alan Hull )  from: Dingly Dell
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Capo on 5th

Intro:  D, Am7  4 x

1.)
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe,
 D	  Am7	   D	    Am7
wonder who comes off the worse.
 D	    Am7		  D    Am7, D
Poor old people mistreating misbelieving,
 D	  Am7	    D		Am7
I think you've been cast by a curse.
    D		     Am7	D    Am7, D
But I don't want you to die, I can see all the lies
       D		 Am7	    D	 	Am7
there's nothing there that's new.
	  D	  Am7	      D   Am7, D
But there's still no need to make blind children bleed,
	      D	      Am7	   D		   Am7
even if what you say is true.
     D	         Am7      D  Am7, D


2.)
And meanwhile in the aisles of the churches with style,
	 C			     G
they're singing their songs to the Lord.
	 Bm			     D
And the preacher's carping that for failure on earth,
	 C			     G
heaven will be your reward.
  Bm			A


3.)
Poor old Ireland tortured by past and
 D	   Am7	   D	      Am7
tarnished by future's curse
  D		Am7	D    Am7, D
Poor old Ireland, poor old planet,
 D	   Am7	   D	     Am7
poor old universe.
  D  Am7    D  


Instrumental:  D, Am7   8 x



3.)
Oh Ireland your people mean more than the idols
     C			     G
you seek to set upon earth
     Bm			D
and the day that you see that's the day, that all of your
	 C			     G
sadness and sickness will die.
 Bm			   A


4.)
For the enemy you seek to destroy is not the 
	  C		     G		     
one who's causing the pain
 Bm		   D
he's disguised himself well with his book and his bell but 
   	C			      G
evil is still his name.
 Bm		    A

Poor old Ireland tortured by past and
 D	   Am7	   D	      Am7
tarnished by future's curse
  D		Am7	D    Am7, D
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe
 D	   Am7	   D	     Am7
wonder who comes off the worse.
  D	     Am7	   D


Instrumental:  D, Am7  4 x